Note case



April 13 1926.

. c. o. BUNNELL NOTE CASE Filed April 16 1923 m w m Svwewtom PatentedApr, l3,

CLARENCE O. BUNNELL, OE VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON.

NOTE CASE,

Application filed April 16, 1923. Serial No. 632,445.

To (ZZZ 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE O. BUN- NELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Vancouver, in the county 01": Clarke and State ofWashington, have invented a new and useful Note Case, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to note cases for use by civil engineers andothers who require to make notes in the field or other places exposed toweather.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character inwhich provision is made for carrying in a comparatively small containerample material for making numerous notes and which may be so fed as toexpose a portion only to be written on and after this exposed portionhas been used, it is fed into the interior of the device where it isprotected and another portion presented in its place ready for use.

Another object is to provide a device of this character equipped with aremovable outer casing to protect the paper carrying member from rainand the like and which has an opening provided with a closure adapted tooverlie the exposed paper of the inner member to provide for writingthereon, and which has moans for' feeding the paper under said openinWith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the coinbination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that ch'anges'in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrific' ing any of the advantages of theclaimed invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the outer casing constitutinga part of this invention detached.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the inner casing, and

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section showing the inner casing arrangedwithin the outer casing.

In the embodiment illustrated, the casing constituting this inventioncomprises an in-' ner member 1 and an outer member 20 adapted forcooperative use when it is desired to protect the inner member, h

The inner member 1 comprising shell like container here shown withrounded ends 2 and 3 and having a removable side closure 1. This shellis provided in one face with transversely extending longitudinallyspaced slots 5 and 6 and in its opposed face with similar slots 7 and 8,the slot 6 being arranged near one end of the shell and the slot 7 nearthe other end. These slots are designed to provide for the threadingtherethrough of paper strips 9 and 19 carried by cartridges within theshell and which will be hereinafter more fully described.

Any desired number of cartridges may be mounted in the shell 1, sixbeing here shown and numbered 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 respectively.

These cartridges are arranged in pairs within the shell, one beingdesigned to receive the paper strip from the other, the cartridges 11and 15 being cooperatively arranged in the shell with the paper strip 9fed from cartridge 11 through the slots 5 and 6 back into the shell andonto cartridge 15 so that; the turning of the cartridge 15 in onedirection will operate to wind up the paper strip 9 thereon and if forany reason it is desired to reverse the strip, the cartridge 11 isturned in the opposite direction. These cartridges are provided at oneend with pintles as 16 to be journaled in one side wall of the shellwhile their opposed ends have key slots 17 to receive an operating key18 which projects beyond the side wall of the casing 01 shell intoconvenient position for actuation by the user.

The cartridges 10 and let shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3 are designed tocooperate, 10 being the empty or receiving cartridge and 14: the full ordelivery cartridge, the paper 19 passing through the slots 8 and 7outside the shell over the face thereof and engaged with the cartridge10 onto which it is designed to be wound.

The cartridges 12 and 13 are supply cartridges designed to besubstituted for the other when needed.

From the above description it will be obvious that this device isreversible having presented on either face a paper strip to be writtenon, the strip being exposed at one end on one face and at the other endon the other face, so that when the shell is turned over sideways asupport for the hand is afforded during the writing operation. Eachstrip adapted to be fed overtli'e sup porting surface one as one sideand one on the other so that when one strip has been utilized to itsfull extent, the device may be reversed and the strip on the other sidewritten on, and so that a writing surface will be presented no matterwhich side is turned up.

The outer casing 20 which is shaped to conform to the paper carryingshell 1 is open at one side to permit the shell to be inserted and inits opposed side has openings 21 and 22*to receive the operating keys 18on the cartridges 11 and 15, while the closure for the open side isequipped with similar openings arranged to receive the actuating keys ofcartridges l-O and 14.

This casingQO is provided in its opposed faces at opposite ends withopenings and 24 extending transversely across the casing and ofconsiderably less size than the exposed strip of paper over which it isdesigned to overlie so that said ipaper will be exposed therethrough=for writing when'the closure 25 is in openposition as shown in Fig. 1.

These openings and 21 are preferably provided with metal. reinforcementsor frames as 26-and=the closures 25 therefor are preferably springoperated to hold them in closed position.

[From the above description it will be obvious that the inner member 1may be removed from the casing 20' and used independently thereof or itmaybe inserted in said:casing=and iisedrequally"well, the casing 20operating to protect-the paper strips 9 and-1 9 when the'closures 25 areclosed so that-the device may bensed in bad weather and which will-beprotected from dirt and the like whenthe casing-20 is employed.

It will be obvious that this device maybe of any suitable or desiredsize,-being preferably of a size to be carried in the 'users pocket andby mounting the paper strips on rolls or cartridges as herein shown,ample material will beprovidetl while occupying a minimum amount ofspace.

It is-of course understood that this device may be used for variouspurposes and my own, I

is not to be limited to tlieuse of .lield engineers.

Various changes in the form, shape, proportion and other minordetails ofconstruction may be made without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

one face of said shell having transversely extending longitudinallyspaced slots and its opposed face provided with similar slots out ofregister with the'first-i'nentioned slots, papercarrying cartridgesmounted in said inner member-and arranged in pairs, one to receive thepaper strips fed fromthe other,

the paper strips so fed being threaded -tli1OUQliil19 slots in theshell, said cart-ridges having keys at one end for turning'thcn'i,

'tliQ outer casing being openat one side to receive tlieinner shell andprovided in its opposed sides with'openings to receive the operatingkeys of the cartridges, a closure for said open side equipped withsimilar cartridge-reeeiving-openings,said outer casingbeing provided inits opposed faces at opposite ends with openings to overlie the exposedportion of the paper strip tozperinit writing on said-strip throughsaid-opening.

2.111 a device of the class described, a

shell having transversely extending longi- =tudinally spaced slots inits opposed faces, 'longitudrnally spaced paper-carrying rolls mountedinsaid shell iii position to feed the paper thereon =thr u said slots onopposite faces of the shell without interfering with each other,and-receiving rolls mounted in the shell at the opposite ends thereoffor connection of the strips'fed from the supply rolls said receivingrolls having actuating keys for turniug thein to wind up the stripsthereon from the supply roll.

In testiniony that I claimthe-foregoing as have hereto aliixed mysignature.

CLARENCE o. .BUNN'ELL.

